A good Chinese blue and white ovoid vase

A good Chinese blue and white ovoid vase, the body painted with pine, prunus and bamboo (the Three Friends of Winter) formed as trees with contorted stems forming four shou characters, the shoulder with a scrolling band of jui, the neck with stiff leaves, the base with a four character Xuande mark, but Wanli 1573-1619, 18cm. Paper label for the Alfred Clarke collection. Cf. J. Moorhouse, Collecting Oriental Antiques, p.29 for a similar example.